Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with volunteers taking part in the preparations for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, January 17, 2014. REUTERS/Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Kremlin
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia is not "going after" gays, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, defending a ban on "propaganda" about homosexuality that has brought criticism from the West ahead of the Winter Olympics.
The Kremlin hopes the games, starting on February 7 in the city of Sochi on the Black Sea, will showcase Russia's modern face more than two decades after the Soviet Union collapsed.
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